美国习惯用语-第48讲:to get a foot innbs
<p>美国习惯用语-第48讲:<span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span></p><p><span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> </p><p>美国的商品推销员在不很久以前还是挨家挨户地去推销商品，例如吸尘机、厨房用品、百科全书和圣经等。当一位家庭主妇听到敲门声，把门打开的时候，精明能干的推销员就会把一只脚先伸到门里边，这样可以避免在他还没有机会介绍他的商品之前女主人就把门关上了。这种挨家挨户访问的推销员现在几乎已经消声匿迹了，大多数推销员现在都靠电话来招揽生意。可是，把一只脚先伸到门里边这个说法却成了一个人们经常用的俗语了，在英文里就是： <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span>。 <span word="To">To</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span> 的意思就是：为了达到一个目的迈出了第一步，尽管你可能离达到目的的距离还很远。下面这个例子是一个学生说的话： </p><p>例句-1: "<span word="You">You</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="beautiful">beautiful</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="sits">sits</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="class">class</span>? <span word="She">She</span> <span word="keeps">keeps</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="dates">dates</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="today">today</span>: <span word="she">she</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="class">class</span>." </p><p>这个学生说：“你知道英语课坐在我前面那个很漂亮的女孩子吗？我请她出去玩，她老是拒绝我。可是，今天我算是迈出了第一步。她答应下了课和我一起去喝咖啡。” </p><p>下面我们要举的例子是两个人在谈论一个很有政治野心的朋友。其中一个人说： </p>
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